Movies

The logistics of setting Afghan refugees up in Iowa. And what It's a Wonderful Life can teach us about history and representations of Iowa.

Marjorie Nuhn had little recognition of her talents as a watercolorist in life. But a posthumous memoir written by her brother is leading some to take a look back at the Cedar Falls native. We also hear from Rick Garmin, a screenwriter, who was born in Marion, Iowa.

Disney's release of Encanto has inspired one Iowa woman to celebrate her Colombian culture with the rest of Iowa's communities.

Charity Nebbe speaks to both the director and producer of a film that takes viewers inside Yemen to show the work being done by doctors and nurses to care for children who are suffering from extreme malnourishment. Then, an Afghan-American student talks about watching the turmoil in her home country from afar.

For the first time ever, an official Major League Baseball game will be played in Iowa. The New York Yankees will face the Chicago White Sox at a baseball park near the 1989 "Field of Dreams" movie site in Dyersville, Iowa.

Over the weekend, 36 teams participated in Des Moines’ 48 Hour Film Project, a weekend-long competition to write, shoot and edit short films in just two days.

Roosevelt Alum Max Ward first had the idea for "Return of the Beast from Outer Space" while working as an assistant director on another horror movie. There was something he saw on set that sparked his imagination for a new kind of monster movie.

The Interrobang Film Festival, which was cancelled in 2020, will return with a hybrid schedule of in-person and online events.

Host Charity Nebbe speaks with filmmaker Francesca Soans about her latest documentary "Getting That Note Out"

Host Charity Nebbe speaks with filmmaker Francesca Soans about her latest documentary "Getting That Note Out"